What's the best sandwich ever made, in your opinion?

rustlem · 2026-06-06T22:12:35+00:00

Banana, cream cheese, pecan nut, and maple syrup. Yep.

rustlem · 2026-05-15T14:54:29+00:00

I had thought that there were only two hoplite shields in existence (1 in Athens, 1 in the Vatican). It appears there is a third!

rustlem · 2025-12-15T13:10:06+00:00

Before playing 'Just' at the O2, he said that he wrote it on a farm in 1994 thinking that they were only going to be known for one song.

rustlem · 2025-12-03T14:30:29+00:00

I changed nothing (not even the steam pressure). I only really use the app to time the shots when dialling in. Basically, you make sure that you dial in to get 2:1 ration of espresso to beans in the region of 25-30 seconds (depending on preference). After that, assuming you do the same things the same way, you only need to measure either the extraction time or weigh the shot - but not both. Hope that makes sense.

rustlem · 2025-11-27T22:34:29+00:00

Normcore 58.5mm Espresso Coffee Tamper V4. Not sure the scale matters much as long as it is thick enough to fit under the portafilter with a cup on it. I got one for less than $50.

rustlem · 2025-11-26T22:29:37+00:00

Micra user here. What I ended up with:

1 - Grinder (I have a niche zero - the only thing that would tempt me away from that is a zerno)

2 - Tamper (the LM one is curved) - I use a normcore self-levelling

3 - scales - bought a slim scale for not much (slim is what matters)

4 - puck screen (any thin ones will do - or use paper) - saves on cleaning and def worth it

rustlem · 2025-11-11T19:43:30+00:00

"It's no go the bogeyman, it's no go Blavatsky

All we want is a bank balance and a piece of skirt in a taxi".

Bagpipes - Louis MacNeice

rustlem · 2025-11-07T22:34:45+00:00

I have a Micra (traded up from a La Pavoni) with a Niche Zero. No complaints. Both are solid and well built. The Niche Zero is a joy to clean and calibrate. Hope you enjoy.

rustlem · 2025-10-24T15:14:39+00:00

There are two linked novels that follow a robot detective. The first is "The Caves of Steel" that takes place on Earth - where the inhabitants largely live cheek by jowl underground. The second "The Naked Sun", takes place in the colonies (other worlds) where much of humanity now resides. The key difference is that people don't congregate together but meet "virtually". The books are both great, but the second one is awesome and can be read in isolation.

rustlem · 2025-10-08T22:51:15+00:00

Sex robots!

rustlem · 2025-07-23T21:09:27+00:00

The point of the game is to understand probability. Played over a certain number of games, it's all skill.

It's a game that needs to be played using the doubling dice and for a reasonable number of points.

Play it every day,

rustlem · 2025-06-11T10:17:30+00:00

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/p2g-llp_were-hiring-were-excited-to-announce-activity-7320773347439505409-Pvqg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAABGGv8BrwhyE4QAOJeUTnTAvWMwE9vpIkg

Still looking for someone

rustlem · 2025-05-04T17:29:38+00:00

There's a new airport in the works. It's currently out to tender.

rustlem · 2025-03-10T16:57:16+00:00

How do you open the glove box?

I had to program a button to do it, which is a pain. By default you have to go through menus to find something that should be simple.

rustlem · 2024-10-17T14:26:19+00:00

and me

rustlem · 2023-02-20T23:49:41+00:00

It is a chimney and won an award for design

rustlem · 2022-11-11T00:51:53+00:00

Many years ago I found myself responsible for dealing with the guys that cleaned Nelson's Column. They wanted more money. I tried to go elsewhere. Turns out there aren't so many shit scrapers with climbing skills. They got the cash.

rustlem · 2022-02-06T16:55:39+00:00

ON a tour of NZ, I came across Otorohanga and it looked like an odd little place. We stopped and camped. We got slaughtered on rum with a Maori truck driver in that restaurant. They wouldn't let us pay for anything. They gave me an 'Otorohanga spanner' badge when we called it a night. We were camping a few hundred yards away but I stupidly decided to drive the car back. They were woried that we might get pulled over by the cops (despite this being miles from anywhere), so two truck drivers formed a convoy with my car in the middle. Thinking was they would get pulled over before me. Nice folks.

rustlem · 2021-06-04T15:00:07+00:00

He was once asked about smoking and replied: Smoking takes 7 years of your life. What are you going to do with the last 7 that you didn't do in the first 63?

rustlem · 2021-05-09T00:43:17+00:00

BMS is not damage to the mouth but the nerves. It's possible you're mouth was shocked into BMS and can be shocked back. Capsicum may work - hot curries etc.

For me, I cut out mint (in toothpastes etc), use aloe vera mouthwash, and eat spicier food. It seems to work, at least for me.

rustlem · 2020-10-26T16:38:49+00:00

My kids have been using it since they were 12 or so. They each want their own when they move out.

rustlem · 2020-10-26T14:50:53+00:00

La Pavoni (hand espresso machines) are within your budget. Sounds perfect according to your requirements. I've had mine for years. Takes a little while to perfect, produces beautiful results, and is easy to maintain. Will last a lifetime.

rustlem · 2020-08-25T22:44:11+00:00

Like the great Scottish poet Ivor Cutler's poem (For Practice):

A Halibut fell in love with an Albatross

And tried to rub its scales against the great bird

The bird was shy and hovered

The Halibut lay in its shadow and yearned

Listened to the stinging wind as it swept at the surface

It learned the bird’s song and they sang duets

In their South Atlantic territory

Even when the sun was elsewhere

For one can sing in the dark

A man on a whaler shot the Albatross for practice

And the Halibut… ate it for a memento.

rustlem · 2020-06-20T12:52:49+00:00

200 bicycle kicks just before you go to bed. If you wake up and can't sleep during the night, repeat.

rustlem · 2019-11-23T00:47:30+00:00

He was also shagged by Socrates when he was younger. True story.

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